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Lot 164
A SEVRES PORCELAIN LOBED GREEN-GROUND OCTAFOIL DISH FROM THE SERVICE PRESENTED TO PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ABOVE THE DATE LETTERS EE FOR 1782 AND BLUE PAINTER'S MARK FOR COMMELIN, GILDERS MARK FOR CHAUVAUX JEUNE, INCISED 25A
Closed24 October 2012
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USD 20,000
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Specialist note
The present dish is from a service produced at a cost of 25,462 livres and 16 sols, presented to Henry of Prussia by King Louis XVI when the Prince visited the French Court in 1784. A virtually identical example is in the collection of the Musée national de céramique, Sèvres (MNS 15.054). See Versailles et les Tables Royales en Europe XVIIème-XIXème Siècles, cat. no. 301, p. 187 and p. 341.
Michel-Gabriel Commelin is recorded as a painter of flowers, patterns and birds at the factory from 1768 to 1802; Jean Chauvaux le jeune as a gilder and as a painter of patterns from 1764 to 1800.
Michel-Gabriel Commelin is recorded as a painter of flowers, patterns and birds at the factory from 1768 to 1802; Jean Chauvaux le jeune as a gilder and as a painter of patterns from 1764 to 1800.